Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: China Summons Internet Executives

James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Friday, November 4, 2011

China Summons Internet Executives

Executives from China's top Internet companies have been summoned for an unusual policy-training session by the Communist Party's propaganda department, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest move in the government's campaign to increase oversight of the nation's fast-growing Internet sector.